About Christiana
Christiana is a Chicago-native and has been belly dancing since 2007. Christiana started her belly dance journey at Arabesque Dance & Fitness, where she taught both fusion and traditional belly dance classes for many years before their closure in February 2023. She continues to study under the direction of her mentors, Sonya Blacker, owner of Arabesque Dance & Fitness, and Eliza Perry, director of BellyRing and a founding member of Jezebelly. In addition to performing as a solo artist, Christiana can be found performing with several troupes (including BellyRing, Sabahaat, Spellbound and Troupe RoHe), and working on collaboration projects with her peers (Phoenix Rising, Diamond Dawgs).
Coming from a strong belief that your learning is never complete, Christiana loves
expanding her dance background by attending workshops and intensives with local, national and international artists. She has completed multiple Tribal Massive Intensives (2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2019), Journey Through Egypt Levels 1 & 2, Initiation and Cultivation (Phases 1 & 2) of Rachel Brice's 8 Elements Program and Zoe Jakes' DanceCraft, Key of Diamonds Intensive. Her life-long passion for dance includes 11 years of training in various styles of dance including Ballet, Tap and Jazz, as well as dabbling in Burlesque and Hip/Hop. Christiana is willing to try just about any form of dance at least once!
Follow Christiana at: https://linktr.ee/ChristianaDance
Coming from a strong belief that your learning is never complete, Christiana loves
expanding her dance background by attending workshops and intensives with local, national and international artists. She has completed multiple Tribal Massive Intensives (2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2019), Journey Through Egypt Levels 1 & 2, Initiation and Cultivation (Phases 1 & 2) of Rachel Brice's 8 Elements Program and Zoe Jakes' DanceCraft, Key of Diamonds Intensive. Her life-long passion for dance includes 11 years of training in various styles of dance including Ballet, Tap and Jazz, as well as dabbling in Burlesque and Hip/Hop. Christiana is willing to try just about any form of dance at least once!
Follow Christiana at: https://linktr.ee/ChristianaDance
